[kabigon]

Should my wife and I get an attorney? She has been waiting almost 15 months for GC, marriage-based. We sent in everything all at once, work permit/travel/adjustment of status. We're thinking about even mailing Katy Porter. She's from Canada, we provided plenty of proof, we did everything right and still nothing! She's desperate to just start working..as it is right now she's pretty bored just playing video games at home all day.

[proberts]

You should see if you can put in a request with USCIS (called a Service Request) and also contact your local federal Representative and ask this person to make an inquiry with USCIS (something that is not a big ask and is done all the time and sometimes seems to make a big difference).

[kabigon]

Thanks for the response! Unfortunately we've submitted Service Requests for each of our forms as they are past processing times. Each Service Request was met with a response that boils down to "We know. Wait longer.". We've even submitted Service Requests for a couple Service Requests that went beyond processing times for responses!!

Our local fed rep in socal would probably be Katy Porter right?

[bubblethink]

You can try federal litigation. Litigation attorneys are typically different from other immigration attorneys. There are lawsuits based on unreasonable delay, but it's highly variable and will depend on your individual case. 15 months isn't that long, but there isn't a strict upper bound anyway. The best case in these lawsuits is that the government settles or issues your benefit rendering it moot.

It doesn't strictly matter who your rep is. It can be a house rep or a senator. They all fill some form and it goes through the same channels.

[proberts]

Good point. Mandamus actions - forcing the Government to act - often work in fact and there are some very good attorneys who specialize in this and I'd be happy to refer some to you. We don't handle these types of matters but have worked with several attorneys that do.

[js2]

You can lookup your Representative here:

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representati...